calibrated
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It has presumably been engineered by a team, calibrated for refrigeration and focus-grouped into broad acceptability, yet it feels made by no one.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
When Mao Zedong visited Moscow in 1950 to forge the Sino-Soviet alliance, Soviet propaganda posters depicted Stalin as slightly taller than Mao—a carefully calibrated signal of who was the elder brother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
This is often an issue with how the device is calibrated, and easily rectified, responds Bakiş.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Roth-conversion strategy has to be calibrated against the children’s expected future tax brackets, not the parents’ current ones, because the children are the ones who will ultimately empty the account.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
A Gulf & Western infrared Eye-View Monitor was set up just off to the left, carefully calibrated to track the fovea movements of each subject.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
